❀ quarante-huit statues de licorne pour mon appartement

[iamdamnloyal]

[Whoever thought that Harmony needed to be fluent in French was probably having a really rough morning, but even still - she's doing wonderfully in France. She's currently checking her journal while wandering around Bois de Boulogne.]

Désolé, je pense que c'est le mien. [She had dropped a slip of paper that had been tucked into her journal, but

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Hey you

[knightprodigy]

[He promised to spend the day with Damian and spend the day with Damian he shall... once he's dropped something off at his office.

He'd passed the blonde on the bench on his way to work, and for the duration of his walk to and from his office something had been bugging him. There was something about her, but he just couldn't put his finger on it. Luckily though, she's still there upon his return, but her head is still bowed while she writes in the book on her lap.

He slows down before stopping several feet away, toying with the idea of going over to her.

Curiosity gets the better of him though as he walks over to her, and tries to get her to look up.]

Excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt, but- [insert unsure but still incredibly disarming smile here.] do I know you?

[iamdamnloyal]

Hey. ;; ]

[She glances up, smiling at Neal until she realizes that... it's not Neal. Her lips draw inward, holding onto the breath she actually needed at the moment.

She's staring.

Exhaling, she smiles brightly.]

You might? I mean, I'm pretty sure I know you, Dick Grayson. [God, if he's not Dick Grayson then she might have just made a fool of herself, but who cares!]

I'm Harmony. Harmony Kendall?

[knightprodigy]

[Harmony? He thinks. He knows her face. He knows she must be from the castle. Harmony...]

Yeah... Yeah!

[Harmony! Of course! He's beaming. How on earth could he forget her? It's great to see her!

He frowns then, though.]

But it's the middle of the day...

[iamdamnloyal]

[She's really not sure what to say first, but all the panic over thinking up the wrong thing to say washes away when she sees the worry on his face.]

I haven't seen you in almost a year and the first thing you wonder is about the sun? [She smirks, but shakes her head.]

The castle brought us to Paris. Or... Paris is somewhere here with the Castle, but it made me human. It does that... from time to time. I've already had the panicked question from my roommate wondering where his wings went. I figured, it just made us all human. [Normally, she wouldn't have even noticed - since her loss makes her forget, but Cupid did actually freak out when his wings went away and he pointed out that she wasn't a vampire either.]

[knightprodigy]

[He takes a seat alongside her.]

Well, that's- [pretty normal. He remembers LA. He remembers how badly Kory reacted to having her whole identity changed, how alien her human body was to her. Harmony however, seems to be handling it pretty well (although obviously the circumstances are different).

Looking at her, he seems to lose track of whatever he was about to say.]

Man, it's good to see you.

[Can has hugs?]

[iamdamnloyal]

[Her smile is a bit crooked as she watches him for a moment. When he tells her that it's good to see her, she pretty much beams. Her hand goes to reach for his cheek, though she does hesitate and then decides against it altogether, instead patting him on shoulder. Which of course leads to her moving to hug him.]

I'm glad I get to see you again.

[knightprodigy]

[Dick embraces her tightly.]

Let's just hope the castle doesn't do a Dallas and it was all just a dream.

[Dick voices lightly his own concerns about none of this being real. Or rather, the castle being real, Paris being real within Paradisa, but Dick himself being not so real and created by the castle.]

[iamdamnloyal]

[All the things he's not saying are exactly what she's thinking. The castle brought people in for the pirate ships - why not for this too? Just another ridiculous way to torture the people who were here.

For the record, she's not letting go just yet.]

I thought that was Newhart.

[knightprodigy]

[There's a pause before Dick laughs.]

So long as that doesn't make me Bob Hartley.

[iamdamnloyal]

[She sighs and laughs a bit, finally pulling from the hug. She's also aware that she hugged him for a long time, so have a little bit of shoulder patting.]

I just remember the guy that was Daryl and he had two other brothers.

[knightprodigy]

[Dick laughs with her.]

Larry, Darryl and Darryl.

[He smiles at her, more castle memories coming back by the minute.]

How've you been?

[iamdamnloyal]

I've been... alright? [She wants to tell him that he's missed him, but she's pretty sure she already did and that if she kept saying it, that it might get weird.]

I mean, it is still the castle, so there's bumpy spots on the way.

[knightprodigy]

It's to be expected. [Unfortunately.

Equally Dick has things he wants to tell her. Like that he's sorry for leaving and that he's sorry that he doesn't know if he'll be around once the castle's had its fill of French pastry. However, he doesn't know where to start, and there's only so much a look can convey.]

[iamdamnloyal]

[Well, she's grateful for the look and she even reaches for his hand, giving it a squeeze.]

But, there are good things -- like this.

[knightprodigy]

[Dick gives her a begrudging smile that lifts only one side of his mouth, but it is a smile however droll.

He squeezes back.]

I suppose it does have its moments.

[iamdamnloyal]

[She's seen him smile, really smile, before and she's able to tell that this certainly isn't one of those times.]

But the rest of the time... [She won't let go of his hand.]

Do you want to talk about it? I mean, while we have the chance.